Damiano Caruso

Damiano Caruso
Caruso in 2018
Personal information
Full nameDamiano Caruso
Born (1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 37)
Ragusa, Italy
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)[1]
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamTeam Bahrain Victorious
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
2009LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini
2010De Rosa–Stac Plastic
2011–2014Liquigas–Cannondale
2015–2018BMC Racing Team
2019–Bahrain–Merida[2][3]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
2 TTT stages (2015, 2018)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2021)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2021)
1 TTT stage (2017)

Damiano Caruso (born 12 October 1987) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[4] A stage winner at both the 2021 Giro d'Italia and the 2021 Vuelta a España, Caruso was also the 2008 under-23 Italian national champion for the road race.[5] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the road race.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team - Damiano Caruso". Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team". Merida Bikes. Merida Industry Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (26 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bahrain McLaren". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Il Siciliano Damiano Caruso è il nuovo campione Italiano della categoria under 23" [The Sicilian Damiano Caruso is the new Italian champion of the Under 23 category]. Settimana Tricolore (in Italian). GS Domus. 27 June 2008. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Cycling Road CARUSO Damiano - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.